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Quick facts for kids Swimming at the Games of the Olympiad
Pictograms for swimming (top) and marathon swimming (bottom)
Venue	Paris La Défense Arena (pool) Pont Alexandre III (marathon)
Dates	27 July – 4 August 2024 (pool) 8–9 August 2024 (marathon)
No. of events	37 (18 men, 18 women, 1 mixed)
← 2020 2028 →

The swimming competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 27 July to 9 August 2024. Pool events (27 July to 4 August) took place at the Paris La Défense Arena, with the two-day marathon swimming (8 to 9 August) staged at Pont Alexandre III through the Seine River.

Events
- Schedule
Qualification
Medal summary
Records
- World records
- Olympic records
See also

Events

Similar to the 2020 program format, swimming features a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The following events were contested (all pool events are long-course, and distances are in meters unless stated):

Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500;
Backstroke: 100 and 200;
Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
Butterfly: 100 and 200;
Individual medley: 200 and 400;
Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley (men's, women's, and mixed)
Marathon: 10 kilometres

Schedule

The swimming program schedule for Paris 2024 will occur in two segments. For the pool events, similar to the case for the 2012 Games, prelims ran in the morning, followed by the semifinal and final sessions in the evening and the night session (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on 7 May 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 Games and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC). Several significant changes are instituted to the swimming schedule, with the program extending to nine days for the first time as opposed to the regular eight-day format. The extra day would be used to alleviate the schedules of the swimmers who would compete in the individual and relay events at the same period. Moreover, it relieves a packed schedule that witnessed three new events added to the program at the previous Games.

In February 2024, a change was announced to the original schedule for Days 5 and 6, after lobbying by the French swimming governing body to give Léon Marchand a chance to win both the men's 200 metre butterfly and 200 metre breaststroke events. All events remain on the originally planned days, but the event order has been modified to create a longer gap between the 200 metre butterfly and 200 metre breaststroke events.

Legend
H	Heats	½	Semifinals	F	Final

M = Morning session, starting at 11:00 local time (09:00 UTC).
E = Evening session, starting at 20:30 local time (18:30 UTC).

Men's
Date →	27 Jul		28 Jul		29 Jul		30 Jul		31 Jul		1 Aug		2 Aug		3 Aug		4 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	½		F
100 m freestyle							H	½		F
200 m freestyle			H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle					H			F
1500 m freestyle															H			F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke									H	½		F
100 m breaststroke	H	½		F
200 m breaststroke							H	½		F
100 m butterfly													H	½		F
200 m butterfly							H	½		F
200 m individual medley											H	½		F
400 m individual medley			H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay							H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay															H			F
10 km open water																					F
Women's
Date →	27 Jul		28 Jul		29 Jul		30 Jul		31 Jul		1 Aug		2 Aug		3 Aug		4 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle															H	½		F
100 m freestyle							H	½		F
200 m freestyle			H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle													H			F
1500 m freestyle							H			F
100 m backstroke					H	½		F
200 m backstroke											H	½		F
100 m breaststroke			H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
100 m butterfly	H	½		F
200 m butterfly									H	½		F
200 m individual medley													H	½		F
400 m individual medley					H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay											H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay															H			F
10 km open water																			F
Mixed
Date →	27 Jul		28 Jul		29 Jul		30 Jul		31 Jul		1 Aug		2 Aug		3 Aug		4 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
4 × 100 m medley relay													H			F

Qualification

Individual events

World Aquatics establishes qualifying times for individual events. The time standards consist of two types, namely an "Olympic Qualifying Time" (OQT, colloquially known as the A-cut) and an "Olympic Consideration time" (OCT, colloquially known as the B-cut). Each country can enter a maximum of two swimmers per event, provided that they meet the (faster) qualifying time. A country can enter one swimmer per event that meets the invitation standard. Any swimmer who meets the "qualifying" time will be entered into the event for the Games; a swimmer meeting the "invitation" standard is eligible for entry allotted by ranking. If a country does not have a swimmer who meets either of the qualifying standards, it may have entered one male and one female. A country that does not receive an allocation spot but enters at least one swimmer achieving a qualifying standard might have entered those with the highest ranking.

Relay events

Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of the following:

3: top three teams based on their final results achieved at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan
13: top thirteen teams, with the fastest times based upon the results achieved in their preliminary heat and finals performances in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka and 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, excluding those teams already qualified in that event from the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

All athletes entered in individual events can be used in relays, even if they have not achieved the OCT for the corresponding stroke and distance of the relay in which they are entered. Relay teams may compose of additional athletes according to the number of events they have qualified for.

Open-water swimming

The men's and women's 10 km races featured 22 swimmers each, three less than those in the Tokyo 2020 roster:

3: the three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan
13: the top thirteen swimmers vying for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar
5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania).
1: from the host nation (France) if not qualified by other means. If one or more French open water swimmers qualify regularly and directly, their slots will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible swimmers from the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	8	13	7	28
2	Australia	7	9	3	19
3	France*	4	1	2	7
4	Canada	3	2	3	8
5	Hungary	3	1	1	5
6	China	2	3	7	12
7	Italy	2	1	3	6
8	Sweden	2	0	0	2
9	Great Britain	1	4	0	5
10	Germany	1	1	1	3
11	South Africa	1	1	0	2
12	Ireland	1	0	2	3
12	Netherlands	1	0	2	3
14	Romania	1	0	1	2
15	Greece	0	1	0	1
15	Japan	0	1	0	1
17	Hong Kong	0	0	2	2
18	South Korea	0	0	1	1
18	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		37	38	36	111

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Cameron McEvoy Australia	21.25	Ben Proud Great Britain	21.30	Florent Manaudou France	21.56
100 m freestyle details	Pan Zhanle China	46.40 WR	Kyle Chalmers Australia	47.48	David Popovici Romania	47.49
200 m freestyle details	David Popovici Romania	1:44.72	Matt Richards Great Britain	1:44.74	Luke Hobson United States	1:44.79
400 m freestyle details	Lukas Märtens Germany	3:41.78	Elijah Winnington Australia	3:42.21	Kim Woo-min South Korea	3:42.50
800 m freestyle details	Daniel Wiffen Ireland	7:38.19 OR, ER	Bobby Finke United States	7:38.75	Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy	7:39.38
1500 m freestyle details	Bobby Finke United States	14:30.67 WR	Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy	14:34.55	Daniel Wiffen Ireland	14:39.63

100 m backstroke details	Thomas Ceccon Italy	52.00	Xu Jiayu China	52.32	Ryan Murphy United States	52.39
200 m backstroke details	Hubert Kós Hungary	1:54.26	Apostolos Christou Greece	1:54.82 NR	Roman Mityukov Switzerland	1:54.85 NR

100 m breaststroke details	Nicolò Martinenghi Italy	59.03	Adam Peaty Great Britain Nic Fink United States	59.05	Not awarded as there was a tie for silver.
200 m breaststroke details	Léon Marchand France	2:05.85 OR, ER	Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia	2:06.79	Caspar Corbeau Netherlands	2:07.90

100 m butterfly details	Kristóf Milák Hungary	49.90	Josh Liendo Canada	49.99 NR	Ilya Kharun Canada	50.45
200 m butterfly details	Léon Marchand France	1:51.21 OR, NR	Kristóf Milák Hungary	1:51.75	Ilya Kharun Canada	1:52.80 NR

200 m individual medley details	Léon Marchand France	1:54.06 OR, ER	Duncan Scott Great Britain	1:55.31	Wang Shun China	1:56.00
400 m individual medley details	Léon Marchand France	4:02.95 OR	Tomoyuki Matsushita Japan	4:08.62	Carson Foster United States	4:08.66

4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Jack Alexy (47.67) Chris Guiliano (47.33) Hunter Armstrong (46.75) Caeleb Dressel (47.53) Ryan Held Matt King	3:09.28	Australia Jack Cartwright (48.03) Flynn Southam (48.00) Kai Taylor (47.73) Kyle Chalmers (46.59) William Yang	3:10.35	Italy Alessandro Miressi (48.04) Thomas Ceccon (47.44) Paolo Conte Bonin (48.16) Manuel Frigo (47.06) Lorenzo Zazzeri Leonardo Deplano	3:10.70
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Great Britain James Guy (1:45.09) Tom Dean (1:45.28) Matt Richards (1:45.11) Duncan Scott (1:43.95) Jack McMillan Kieran Bird	6:59.43	United States Luke Hobson (1:45.55) Carson Foster (1:45.31) Drew Kibler (1:45.12) Kieran Smith (1:44.80) Brooks Curry Blake Pieroni Chris Guiliano	7:00.78	Australia Maximillian Giuliani (1:45.99) Flynn Southam (1:45.53) Elijah Winnington (1:45.19) Thomas Neill (1:45.27) Kai Taylor Zac Incerti	7:01.98
4 × 100 m medley relay details	China Xu Jiayu (52.37) Qin Haiyang (57.98) Sun Jiajun (51.19) Pan Zhanle (45.92) Wang Changhao	3:27.46	United States Ryan Murphy (52.44) Nic Fink (58.97) Caeleb Dressel (49.41) Hunter Armstrong (47.19) Charlie Swanson Thomas Heilman Jack Alexy	3:28.01	France Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (52.60) Léon Marchand (58.62) Maxime Grousset (49.57) Florent Manaudou (47.59) Clément Secchi Rafael Fente-Damers	3:28.38 NR

10 km open water details	Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary	1:50:52.7	Oliver Klemet Germany	1:50:54.8	Dávid Betlehem Hungary	1:51:09.0

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	23.71	Meg Harris Australia	23.97	Zhang Yufei China	24.20
100 m freestyle details	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	52.16	Torri Huske United States	52.29	Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong	52.33
200 m freestyle details	Mollie O'Callaghan Australia	1:53.27 OR	Ariarne Titmus Australia	1:53.81	Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong	1:54.55
400 m freestyle details	Ariarne Titmus Australia	3:57.49	Summer McIntosh Canada	3:58.37	Katie Ledecky United States	4:00.86
800 m freestyle details	Katie Ledecky United States	8:11.04	Ariarne Titmus Australia	8:12.29 OC	Paige Madden United States	8:13.00
1500 m freestyle details	Katie Ledecky United States	15:30.02 OR	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova France	15:40.35 NR	Isabel Marie Gose Germany	15:41.16 NR

100 m backstroke details	Kaylee McKeown Australia	57.33 OR, =OC	Regan Smith United States	57.66	Katharine Berkoff United States	57.98
200 m backstroke details	Kaylee McKeown Australia	2:03.73 OR	Regan Smith United States	2:04.26	Kylie Masse Canada	2:05.57

100 m breaststroke details	Tatjana Smith South Africa	1:05.28	Tang Qianting China	1:05.54	Mona McSharry Ireland	1:05.59
200 m breaststroke details	Kate Douglass United States	2:19.24 AM	Tatjana Smith South Africa	2:19.60	Tes Schouten Netherlands	2:21.05

100 m butterfly details	Torri Huske United States	55.59	Gretchen Walsh United States	55.63	Zhang Yufei China	56.21
200 m butterfly details	Summer McIntosh Canada	2:03.03 OR, WJ, AM	Regan Smith United States	2:03.84 NR	Zhang Yufei China	2:05.09

200 m individual medley details	Summer McIntosh Canada	2:06.56 OR, WJ, NR	Kate Douglass United States	2:06.92	Kaylee McKeown Australia	2:08.08
400 m individual medley details	Summer McIntosh Canada	4:27.71	Katie Grimes United States	4:33.40	Emma Weyant United States	4:34.93

4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	Australia Mollie O'Callaghan (52.24) Shayna Jack (52.35) Emma McKeon (52.39) Meg Harris (51.94) Olivia Wunsch Bronte Campbell	3:28.92 OR	United States Kate Douglass (52.98) Gretchen Walsh (52.55) Torri Huske (52.06) Simone Manuel (52.61) Abbey Weitzeil Erika Connolly	3:30.20 AM	China Yang Junxuan (52.48) Cheng Yujie (52.76) Zhang Yufei (52.75) Wu Qingfeng (52.31) Yu Yiting	3:30.30 AS
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Australia Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.52) Lani Pallister (1:55.61) Brianna Throssell (1:56.00) Ariarne Titmus (1:52.95) Jamie Perkins Shayna Jack	7:38.08 OR	United States Claire Weinstein (1:54.88) Paige Madden (1:55.63) Katie Ledecky (1:54.93) Erin Gemmell (1:55.40) Anna Peplowski Simone Manuel Alex Shackell	7:40.86	China Yang Junxuan (1:54.52) Li Bingjie (1:55.05) Ge Chutong (1:57.45) Liu Yaxin (1:55.32) Tang Muhan Kong Yaqi	7:42.34
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Regan Smith (57.28) OR Lilly King (1:04.90) Gretchen Walsh (55.03) Torri Huske (52.42) Katharine Berkoff Emma Weber Alex Shackell Kate Douglass	3:49.63 WR	Australia Kaylee McKeown (57.72) Jenna Strauch (1:07.31) Emma McKeon (56.25) Mollie O'Callaghan (51.83) Iona Anderson Ella Ramsay Alexandria Perkins Meg Harris	3:53.11	China Wan Letian (59.81) Tang Qianting (1:05.79) Zhang Yufei (55.52) Yang Junxuan (52.11) Wang Xue'er Yu Yiting Wu Qingfeng	3:53.23

10 km open water details	Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands	2:03:34.2	Moesha Johnson Australia	2:03:39.7	Ginevra Taddeucci Italy	2:03:42.8

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Ryan Murphy (52.08) Nic Fink (58.29) Gretchen Walsh (55.18) Torri Huske (51.88) Regan Smith Charlie Swanson Caeleb Dressel Abbey Weitzeil	3:37.43 WR	China Xu Jiayu (52.13) Qin Haiyang (57.82) Zhang Yufei (55.64) Yang Junxuan (51.96) Tang Qianting Pan Zhanle	3:37.55 AS	Australia Kaylee McKeown (57.90) Joshua Yong (58.43) Matthew Temple (50.42) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.01) Iona Anderson Zac Stubblety-Cook Emma McKeon Kyle Chalmers	3:38.76 OC